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Vietnam war orphans Minh Son and Kim Phuong swinging in hammock at home of their adoptive parents in Northridge, Calif., 1965

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Title: Vietnam war orphans Minh Son and Kim Phuong swinging in hammock at home of their adoptive parents in Northridge, Calif., 1965
Contributor: Cormier, Don
Date Created and/or Issued: July 23, 1965
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4304
Description: AT HOME IN A NEW LAND-Minh Son, 11, and sister, Kim Phuong, 9, "veterans" of the Vietnam war, exult in the joys of a peaceful new land as they try the hammock at home of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip H. Rockstroh, 8422 Zelzah Ave., Northridge, who soon will adopt them. Minh Son lost his left hand-apparently hacked off by the Viet Cong-during an ambush that killed his father. He also was burned on the left side of his face. Kim Phuong is physically unmarked but is believed to have witnessed the attack. Children were found in orphanage by Rockstroh's son, Dennis, 23.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b555_229664
ark:/21198/zz0002tw31
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Youth
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Older child adoption--California, Southern
Intercountry adoption--California, Southern
War victims--Vietnam
War
Vietnamese--California--Los Angeles County
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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